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Samira’s Eid

The first sighting of the new moon starts a day of celebration for Samira and her family. The Ramadan fast is over and now it is time for prayers and presents. A surprise visitor brings a mysterious present and has an...
Samira’s Eid Gifts for Kids Eid

Li’s Chinese New Year

It’s nearly New Year and Li can’t decide which animal he’s going to be in the special school assembly. Will he be a fierce tiger or a strong ox? And what year will...

Marek and Alice’s Christmas

Use the RecorderPEN to explore a child’s Christmas in Poland. Listen to the sounds and hear the story. Then  make your own recordings on each soundspot. What would Alice say next? Ca...

Marek and Alice’s Christmas Gift NewYear English Children Gift resource

Goal! Let’s Play!

Chen loves to play football and Nadia loves swimming - which sport do you like to play? Discover some of the  best-loved games in the world and see how t...
Goal Lets Play

Yum! Let’s Eat!

Charlie likes shepherd's pie and Garbiela loves fajitas - what's your favourite food?
Explore children's favourite foods from around the world and discover how different foods are cooked and eaten. With the Talk...
Yum! Lets Eat

Brmmm! Let’s Go!

Children from around the world introduce the different forms of transport that they use. Take a train ride in India with Arpan or a taxi ride through London with Lizzie.
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Brmm Lets Go

Goldilocks

 Goldilocks walks through the woods until she arrives at the bears' house and sees three steaming bowls of  porridge. Will she heed the warning of the friendly mouse?
You ca...

Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat but when she ask the cat, the dog and the goose to help her plant   them, they are all too busy. When Little Re...
Little Red Hen

Goose Fables

 Two well known fables in one book wittily retold. Aesop’s ‘The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg’, set in a Europe of times gone by, explores humankind’s greed. By contrast, in the Buddhist...
Goose Fables

Keeping up with Cheetah

Cheetah liked telling jokes and running. His best friend, Hippopotamus, laughed at all his jokes even though they weren't very funny. But that wasn't enough for Cheetah, who wanted a friend who could also run.Find out how Cheetah discovers the true value of friendship.Now, with the recorda...
Keeping Up With Cheeetah Fun Animal Stories